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Country name 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Afghanistan 14 14 14 14 14
Albania 50 50 50 50 50
Algeria 13 13 13 13 14
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola 66 66 64 63 62
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina 45 49 49 49 49
Armenia 55 54 52 51 49
Aruba
Australia 56 56 57 58 58
Austria 51 50 51 52 53
Azerbaijan 59 59 59 60 60
Bahamas, The 67 68 68 68 69
Bahrain 35 36 36 37 37
Bangladesh 55 55 56 56 56
Barbados 63 64 64 65 65
Belarus 52 51 51 51 50
Belgium 44 45 46 46 47
Belize 43 44 45 46 46
Benin 66 66 66 66 67
Bermuda
Bhutan 60 62 63 64 65
Bolivia 61 61 61 62 62
Bosnia and Herzegovina 33 33 32 32 32
Botswana 70 70 71 71 71
Brazil 57 58 59 59 58
Brunei Darussalam 56 56 56 56 56
Bulgaria 45 46 45 47 49
Burkina Faso 77 77 77 77 78
Burundi 85 84 84 84 84
Cambodia 76 75 76 78 79
Cameroon 62 62 63 63 63
Canada 61 61 61 61 62
Cape Verde 47 48 48 49 49
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic 72 72 72 72 72
Chad 65 65 65 65 65
Chile 36 37 38 39 40
China 70 70 69 69 69
Colombia 56 54 53 52 51
Comoros 32 32 33 33 33
Congo, Dem. Rep. 71 71 71 70 70
Congo, Rep. 67 67 68 68 68
Costa Rica 42 40 44 44 45
Cote d'Ivoire 50 50 50 51 51
Croatia 45 46 46 46 46
Cuba 38 38 39 40 41
Curacao
Cyprus 54 54 54 54 55
Czech Republic 51 51 51 51 50
Denmark 60 61 61 61 61
Djibouti 33 33 33 34 34
Dominica
Dominican Republic 48 48 49 50 50
Ecuador 54 57 55 57 54
Egypt, Arab Rep. 19 20 21 21 23
El Salvador 45 44 45 45 46
Equatorial Guinea 80 80 80 80 80
Eritrea 77 78 78 79 79
Estonia 52 53 53 55 54
Ethiopia 76 77 78 78 78
Faeroe Islands
Fiji 40 40 40 40 40
Finland 57 56 57 57 58
France 50 50 50 50 51
French Polynesia 48 48 47 48 48
Gabon 55 55 55 55 55
Gambia, The 72 72 72 72 72
Georgia 57 56 55 55 55
Germany 50 50 51 52 52
Ghana 70 69 68 67 67
Greece 41 42 42 43 43
Greenland
Grenada
Guam 49 49 49 48 48
Guatemala 42 43 45 47 48
Guinea 63 64 64 64 64
Guinea-Bissau 66 66 66 67 67
Guyana 39 39 39 40 40
Haiti 58 58 58 59 59
Honduras 39 39 40 40 41
Hong Kong SAR, China 51 52 52 52 52
Hungary 42 42 43 43 43
Iceland 71 69 71 71 72
India 36 36 37 35 34
Indonesia 50 50 50 50 51
Iran, Islamic Rep. 17 18 19 19 18
Iraq 13 13 14 14 14
Ireland 49 50 52 53 54
Isle of Man
Israel 49 50 50 50 51
Italy 37 38 38 38 38
Jamaica 57 57 58 58 58
Japan 48 48 48 48 49
Jordan 12 11 12 12 15
Kazakhstan 65 64 64 65 65
Kenya 61 61 60 60 61
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep. 73 73 73 72 72
Korea, Rep. 49 50 50 50 50
Kosovo
Kuwait 45 45 45 44 43
Kyrgyz Republic 54 54 54 54 55
Lao PDR 78 78 78 78 77
Latvia 51 51 51 52 54
Lebanon 20 21 21 22 22
Lesotho 64 63 62 61 60
Liberia 58 58 58 58 58
Libya 30 30 30 30 31
Liechtenstein
Lithuania 55 52 51 51 51
Luxembourg 43 45 46 47 47
Macao SAR, China 56 57 59 61 64
Macedonia, FYR 42 40 42 42 43
Madagascar 84 84 84 84 84
Malawi 79 79 79 82 83
Malaysia 44 44 44 44 44
Maldives 45 48 50 53 53
Mali 36 36 36 37 37
Malta 31 28 30 31 33
Marshall Islands
Mauritania 25 26 26 25 27
Mauritius 41 40 41 42 41
Mexico 38 41 41 42 43
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova 52 49 47 45 43
Monaco
Mongolia 55 55 55 55 55
Montenegro
Morocco 27 28 28 27 27
Mozambique 88 88 87 87 87
Myanmar 74 74 75 75 75
Namibia 53 54 55 56 57
Nepal 81 81 81 81 80
Netherlands 56 56 57 57 59
New Caledonia 48 48 48 48 47
New Zealand 59 59 60 61 61
Nicaragua 41 42 44 45 45
Niger 39 39 39 39 39
Nigeria 47 48 48 48 48
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway 61 61 60 61 62
Oman 24 25 25 26 26
Pakistan 17 18 19 21 21
Palau
Panama 47 47 48 47 48
Papua New Guinea 71 71 71 71 71
Paraguay 54 54 55 55 56
Peru 58 58 58 58 65
Philippines 51 50 50 49 48
Poland 48 48 48 47 46
Portugal 55 55 56 56 56
Puerto Rico 37 37 38 39 38
Qatar 43 44 46 48 49
Romania 50 50 48 49 49
Russian Federation 54 54 55 55 56
Rwanda 86 86 86 86 86
Samoa 43 43 43 43 43
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe 40 40 41 42 42
Saudi Arabia 17 17 18 18 18
Senegal 65 65 65 65 65
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone 65 67 67 67 67
Singapore 53 53 54 54 54
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovak Republic 53 53 51 51 51
Slovenia 50 53 53 53 53
Solomon Islands 54 54 54 54 53
Somalia 37 37 37 37 37
South Africa 46 46 46 46 46
South Sudan
Spain 43 45 46 47 48
Sri Lanka 35 35 34 40 37
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia 64 64 63 63 63
St. Martin (French part)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 52 53 53 54 54
Sudan 30 30 30 30 30
Suriname 37 37 38 38 39
Swaziland 43 43 43 43 43
Sweden 59 59 59 60 60
Switzerland 60 59 59 60 60
Syrian Arab Republic 19 17 16 15 15
Tajikistan 58 57 57 57 57
Tanzania 88 88 89 89 89
Thailand 65 65 66 65 65
Timor-Leste 39 39 39 39 39
Togo 78 79 80 80 80
Tonga 53 53 53 54 54
Trinidad and Tobago 50 52 54 54 53
Tunisia 24 24 24 25 25
Turkey 27 24 24 24 24
Turkmenistan 47 47 47 47 47
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda 80 79 77 77 77
Ukraine 52 52 52 52 52
United Arab Emirates 36 37 38 39 40
United Kingdom 54 55 55 56 55
United States 58 58 58 58 58
Uruguay 52 53 53 53 54
Uzbekistan 48 48 48 48 48
Vanuatu 67 66 65 64 63
Venezuela, RB 54 53 52 51 50
Vietnam 74 74 74 73 73
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 54 54 54 54 54
West Bank and Gaza 12 14 14 15 15
Yemen, Rep. 23 23 24 24 24
Zambia 74 74 74 74 74
Zimbabwe 80 83 83 83 83

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